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In a message dated 12/4/01 7:29:43 AM Mountain Standard Time,
jwwjr@... writes:


> . One day a history major saw my grade on a mid-term and was incredulous,
> he asked how I got an A, no one ever got A's from this professor. I told
> him that he was my easiest professor because I only had to recount the
> professor's personal opinions as to why an event was important. It made
> history fun to see the big picture without having to memorize dates.
>

And it was a model of most of history and political science, too. And
corporate hiring and advancement.

In history they will talk about a leader being charismatic, but they rarely
praise followers for being good at inter-personals, or psychic, or sensitive,
or whatever. That's considered some kind of witchcraftery, and the person is
suspect. Rasputin was good at what he did--and it's not considered "fair."
Sir Walter Raleigh knew what Queen Elizabeth wanted. He was a cheater. <g>

-=-Cindy in VA (who also used this "talent" in an "enriching" way when she
waited tables ;-)-=-

Oooh! Oooh!
I was just telling the story two days ago about waiting tables in an upscale
New Mexican restaurant when I was 20/21, and the "career" waitress in the
place, the ranking waitress, being tacky to me because I was a college kid,
and then being really irritated because my tips were better than hers. But
she waited tables like most people do schoolwork--she did what the rules said
she had to do, and less if she thought she could get away with it, and wasn't
creative about it. I dealt with the people as people, instead of "4 at table
16" as she did, and my tips were double hers.

That has helped change the way I advise my kids on how to interact, though.
I learned a lot in that job.

Sandra





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